TV series
Finding Your Roots
2012–, English, on PBS.
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
- Seasons
- 13
- Episodes
- 127
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Still running
Next episode: S13 E1 “Episode 1”, 12 January 2027.
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Latest episode
S12 E10: Rags to Riches
Aired 14 April 2026
Seasons 13
Season 1
2012 · 10 episodes
Season 2
2014 · 10 episodes · 6.0/10
Season 3
2016 · 10 episodes
Season 4
2017 · 10 episodes
Season 5
2019 · 10 episodes
Season 6
2019 · 16 episodes · 1.0/10
Season 7
2021 · 10 episodes
Season 8
2022 · 10 episodes
Season 9
2023 · 10 episodes · 8.0/10
Season 10
2024 · 10 episodes
Season 11
2025 · 10 episodes · 1.0/10
Season 12
2026 · 10 episodes · 2.8/10
Season 13
2027 · 1 episode
Cast & crew
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self - Host · 127 ep
- CeCe MooreSelf - Genetic Genealogy Expert · 7 ep
- Derek JeterSelf · 2 ep
- Anderson CooperSelf · 2 ep
- Tom ColicchioSelf · 2 ep
- Angela BassettSelf · 2 ep
- Valerie JarrettSelf · 2 ep
- Alan DershowitzSelf · 2 ep
- Tony KushnerSelf · 2 ep
- Sally FieldSelf · 2 ep
- Tina FeySelf · 2 ep
- NasSelf · 2 ep
Details
- First aired
- 24 March 2012
- Network
- PBS
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Type
- Documentary
- Rated
- TV-PG
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Finding Your Roots: quick answers
Is Finding Your Roots worth watching?
Finding Your Roots doesn’t have enough ratings for a verdict yet.
How many seasons of Finding Your Roots are there?
Finding Your Roots has 13 seasons and 127 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
Is Finding Your Roots finished?
No. The next episode, S13 E1 “Episode 1”, airs 12 January 2027.
Where can I watch Finding Your Roots?
Finding Your Roots is streaming on PBS, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, PBS Living Amazon Channel, Thirteen, WETA+.
Is Finding Your Roots suitable for kids?
Finding Your Roots is rated TV-PG. That rating means it is generally fine for children.
What shows are like Finding Your Roots?
If you liked Finding Your Roots, try Who Do You Think You Are?, American Masters, Mysteries at the Museum.